Today’s recovery session was another 8K. But it was done at a very slightly higher pace, 1/2 second per 500 meters faster than the 8K recovery session done two days ago.
I increased the pace just slightly, because I thought that I’d try to raise the effort and the resulting average HR just a little because I thought that I’d been rowing just a little too easy on the previous recovery session. The reason I thought so was due to some discussions that happened in a rowing forum.
But rowing 1/2 second per 500m faster for 8K only added a total of one single calorie to the entire rowing session. It reduced the total time of the 8K by 7.5 seconds. It increased the power level by 12.5 watts, according to a comparison of the two session reports. But ending HR was 2 BPM lower, instead of being the same or higher. Interesting, that it made no difference to HR. Maybe next time, I’ll increase pace by another half second and so on from one recovery session to the next, to see where the “tipping point” is, to increase HR. Of course, it might depend on other factors, since life is so very complicated.
Happy trails to you.